republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/111/sb-1268.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Law Enforcement - As enacted, makes denial of a claim made by the estate of a law enforcement officer for the annuity payable to the estate of an emergency responder who is killed in the line of duty subject to review by the Tennessee peace officer standards and training commission within 90 days of the claim's denial; redefines \"law enforcement officer\" for purposes of determining which law enforcement officers are considered an emergency responder whose estate would be eligible for the annuity. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8 and Title 38."
description: "Law Enforcement - As enacted, makes denial of a claim made by the estate of a law enforcement officer for the annuity payable to the estate of an emergency responder who is killed in the line of duty subject to review by the Tennessee peace officer standards and training commission within 90 days of the claim's denial; redefines \"law enforcement officer\" for purposes of determining which law enforcement officers are considered an emergency responder whose estate would be eligible for the annuity. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8 and Title 38."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 1268"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1268 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Law Enforcement"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Briggs", "Todd"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 49
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2019-02-06"
last_action: "2019-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d36ef611-da62-4a2f-bb6b-cd3e9c7d8b92"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1268&GA=111"
source_hash: "fc8d288955a087dce6480d5567443f030230b2da784815a29d56db2cfd1d73ab"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
---

# Tennessee SB 1268 (111) — Law Enforcement - As enacted, makes denial of a claim made by the estate of a law enforcement officer for the annuity payable to the estate of an emergency responder who is killed in the line of duty subject to review by the Tennessee peace officer standards and training commission within 90 days of the claim's denial; redefines "law enforcement officer" for purposes of determining which law enforcement officers are considered an emergency responder whose estate would be eligible for the annuity. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8 and Title 38.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment HA0431** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0431.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0350** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0350.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0431** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0431.pdf)
4. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB1268.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/30/2019 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/30/2019 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 5/1/2019 Passed (1) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE STATE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/16/2019 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/24/2019 Passed (2) — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/30/2019 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE PUBLIC SERVICE & EMPLOYEES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State Committee 4/3/2019 (6) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 5, Nays 1 PNV 3 4/16/2019 Passed — **5–1** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/30/2019 4/30/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Briggs — primary (person)
- Todd — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-02-06** Intro. `introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-07** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-07** P1C.
- **2019-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2019-02-11** P2C, ref. to State Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-13** Assigned to s/c Public Service & Employees Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Placed on s/c cal Public Service & Employees Subcommittee for 4/3/2019
- **2019-04-03** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/9/2019
- **2019-04-03** Placed on cal. State Committee for 4/9/2019
- **2019-04-03** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-09** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/16/2019
- **2019-04-09** No Action Taken
- **2019-04-10** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/16/2019
- **2019-04-10** Placed on cal. State Committee for 4/16/2019
- **2019-04-16** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 5, Nays 1 PNV 3
- **2019-04-16** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/17/2019
- **2019-04-16** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-16** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-17** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/24/2019
- **2019-04-17** Placed behind the budget
- **2019-04-18** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/23/2019
- **2019-04-23** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/24/2019
- **2019-04-23** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/24/2019
- **2019-04-24** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2019-04-24** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/29/2019
- **2019-04-25** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/30/2019
- **2019-04-30** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2019-04-30** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-30** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0350)
- **2019-04-30** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA0431)
- **2019-04-30** H. Placed on Regular Calendar #2 for 4/30/2019
- **2019-04-30** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/30/2019
- **2019-04-30** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-30** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/30/2019
- **2019-04-30** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-01** Passed H., Ayes 98, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2019-05-01** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0431) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2019-05-01** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2019-05-01** Comp. SB subst.
- **2019-05-02** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-05-02** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-05-02** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2019-05-03** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2019-05-10** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-15** Pub. Ch. 395
- **2019-05-15** Effective date(s) 05/10/2019
- **2019-05-15** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 395

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d36ef611-da62-4a2f-bb6b-cd3e9c7d8b92`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).